Even Steven and Odd Todd, Level 3 by Hank Morehouse

Then, just when Even Steven thinks things can't get worse, his cousin just might mess up his chance of winning a prize for the garden that he has planted very carefully in even rows of plants. Will they be able to both be happy living with each other even for a short length of time? Even Steven is cautious, Odd Todd is a bit of a daredevil. Odd Todd is kind of messy, Even Steven is very tidy. Odd Todd likes everything in odd numbers, such as three, five and seven.

But he does, and is there to stay for a vacation. When his doorbell rings and he finds his cousin Odd Todd at the door, he hides, hoping his opposite cousin does not see him. There are so many mathematical possibilities with this book and would be best with EYFS through to KS1Įven Steven loves everything as long as it is an even number. This book would be fun for two students to act out Todd and Steven, and the class would have to decide if a number is even or odd and point to the character. It could be used in the classroom as a starter, then the teacher could pair all the students, and they could all make up their own number stories, and then in the end try to sum up all the numbers. This will also be helpful in teaching skip counting to kids from a young age so that it will be helpful for kids when they get into multiplication and higher mathematical topics. This is a great book for children which allows them to discover what odd and even numbers are. At the end of this book, there are great discussion questions to help students apply what they read to their own lives and situations. He throws in his odd ways into Steven's even life and things get a bit sticky. Soon, his cousin Todd comes to town with his odd ways. He lives in a two story house with 4 bikes, 6 cats, 8 gerbils, ten gold fish, and a flower garden with 12 sprinklers. Steven likes all of his things in even numbers. This is a book about two cousins Steven and Todd it shows how the personalities of two people clashes because Steven cares for even numbers while Todd cares for odd numbers.

Even Steven and Odd Todd, Level 3 by Hank Morehouse